Three AIADMK MLAs resign from posts in Tamil Nadu, join TVK

Three MLAs who were part of the S.P. Velumani faction of the AIADMK met Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar at the Secretariat in Chennai on Monday (May 25, 2026) and submitted their resignation letters. The Speaker later announced that their resignations have been accepted.

Maragatham Kumaravel, the MLA for Madurantakam constituency (Chengalpattu district), S. Jayakumar, the MLA for Perundurai constituency (Erode district), and P. Sathyabama, the MLA for Dharapuram constituency (Tiruppur district), met Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar in the afternoon and handed over their resignation letters.

Soon after, they met Public Works Department Minister Aadhav Arjuna at the Secretariat and joined the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

With this, the AIADMK’s strength in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has dropped to 44.